What if you could eliminate the tedious data rekeying that eats up agents' days and instead focus on what truly matters: understanding risk and serving clients?In this episode of Making Risk Flow, host Juan de Castro sits down with Luke Bills, President of Independent Agent Distribution at Liberty Mutual, to explore how AI and automation can remove friction from insurance workflows. They discuss how technologies such as email-to-quote, API-driven processes, and SubmissionLess can eliminate repetitive data rekeying and streamline risk submissions. Luke explains why insurers should decouple intake channels from underwriting processes and use risk complexity, not premium size alone, to determine how submissions are handled. The conversation also explores how AI can amplify the value of independent agents by freeing them to focus on risk management, client relationships, and growth. Finally, Juan and Luke examine the importance of responsible AI governance, including model validation, privacy, human oversight, and cross-functional collaboration, when deploying AI across the insurance industry. Fan Mail: Got a challenge digitizing your intake? Share it with us, and we’ll unpack solutions from our experience at Cytora.To receive a custom demo from Cytora, click here and use the code 'Making Risk Flow'.Our previous guests include: Bronek Masojada of PPL, Craig Knightly of Inigo, Andrew Horton of QBE Insurance, Simon McGinn of Allianz, Stephane Flaquet of Hiscox, Matthew Grant of InsTech, Paul Brand of Convex, Paolo Cuomo of Gallagher Re, and Thierry Daucourt of AXA.Check out the three most downloaded episodes:The Five Pillars of Data Analytics Strategy in Insurance | Craig Knightly, Inigo20 Years as CEO of Hiscox: Personal Reflections and the Evolution of PPL | Bronek MasojadaImplementing ESG in the Insurance and Underwriting Space | Simon Tighe, Chaucer, and Paul McCarney, Moody's

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